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RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 311 1848. Salman Farisi said: Do not be, if you can help it, the first to enter a market or the last to emerge therefrom for that is the arena of Satan and that is where he unfurls his standard (Muslim). Barqani's version is: The Holy. Prophet said: Do not be the first to enter the market and the last to emerge therefrom inasmuch as Satan lays his eggs and hatches them there. 1849. Asim Ahwal relates on the authority of Abdullah ibn Sarijas that he said to the Holy Prophet: Messenger of Allah, Allah has forgiven all your shortcomings; and he said: And yours also. 'Asim says: I said to Abdullah:. Did the Holy Prophet ask for forgiveness for you? and he answered: Yes, and for you also; and recited the verse: Seek forgiveness for thy frailties and for the believing men and the believing women (47. 20). (Muslim). 1850. Abu Mas'ud Ansari relates that the Holy Prophet said that one of the admonitions of previous Prophets which has reached people is: If you discard modesty then you can do what you wish (Bokhari). 1851. Ibn Mas'ud relates that the Holy Prophet said that the first matter concerning which people will be judged on the Day of Judgment will be the matter of shedding blood (Bokhari and Muslim). 1852. Ayesha relates that the Holy Prophet said: Angels were created from light and jinns from blazing fire, and Adam was created from that which you have been told (Muslim). 1853. Ayesha relates that the conduct of the Holy Prophet was all in accordance with the Quran (Muslim). 1854. Ayesha relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who desires meeting with Allah, Allah is pleased with meeting him and he who dislikes meeting with Allah, Allah dislikes meeting him. I asked: Messenger of Allah, does this mean dislike of death, for, if so, we all dislike death. He answered: I did not mean that. What I meant was that a believer when he is told of Allah's mercy. His pleasure and His Paradise is pleased with the prospect of meeting Allah and Allah is pleased with meeting him. But a disbeliever when he is told of the chastisement of Allah and His wrath dislikes meeting with Allah and Allah. dislikes meeting with him (Muslim). 1855. Safayyah bint Huyyi (wife of the Holy Prophet) relates: The Holy. Prophet was in retreat in the mosque and I went there to see him one evening and after having talked to him he stood up to accompany me a part of the way. . Two men passed us and when they saw the Holy Prophet they quickened their pace. The Holy Prophet called out to them: Stop a moment. This is Safayyah bint Huyyi. They expostulated: Holy is Allah, Messenger of Allah. The Holy. Prophet observed: Satan courses through a man's mind like the circulation of the blood and I apprehended lest he might drop some evil thought in your minds (Bokhari and Muslim). 1856. Abbas ibn Abdul Muttalib relates: I was with the Holy Prophet on the day of Hunain. Abu Sufyan and I kept close to the Holy Prophet throughout. He was riding his white mule and at the first encounter between the Muslims and the pagans the Muslims turned back and ran. The Holy